"Abracadabra"
Single by Steve Miller Band
from the album Abracadabra
Released	1982
Genre	Rock
Length	05:47
Label	Capitol Records
Producer(s)	Steve Miller Gary Mallaber
Chart positions
#1 (United States)

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Released as the main single from Abracadabra in mid-1982, it became a number-one hit on the United States according to the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It followed Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" (from Rocky III) on the charts, and preceded Chicago's "Hard to Say I'm Sorry". After Chicago's ballad ended its two-week stay at number one, "Abracadabra" re-assumed the top spot on the U.S. charts for an additional week on September 25. Then John Cougar's Jack and Diane" dislodged the Steve Miller Band's final number one hit from the top on October 2. Abracadabra is the twelfth album by American rock band The Steve Miller Band, released in 1982. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... The Billboard Hot 100 is the main singles chart used by Billboard magazine. ... Survivor is a rock band formed in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan. ... Eye of the Tiger was a song performed by the American rock group, Survivor. ... Rocky 3 is also a nickname for Sergei Rachmaninoffs 3rd Piano Concerto. ... Chicago is a rock band that was formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Hard to Say Im Sorry is a power ballad performed by rock group Chicago, written by bandmate Peter Cetera from the album Chicago 16, in 1982. ... September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ... John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s hits, including Jack and Diane, Pink Houses and others, and by his role in the... Jack and Diane is a 1982 hit song written and performed by American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp (when he was still known as John Cougar). It appears on Mellencamps album American Fool. ... October 2 is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ...

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